Transform \Trans*form"\, v. i.
To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [R.]
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His hair transforms to down. --Addison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Transform \Trans*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transformed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Transforming.] [L. transformare,
transformatum; trans across, over + formare to from: cf. F.
transformer. See Form, v. t.]
1. To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance;
to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately
transformed into a butterfly.
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Love may transform me to an oyster. --Shak.
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2. To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the
alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
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3. To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the
like; to convert.
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Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
--Rom. xii. 2.
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4. (Math.) To change, as an algebraic expression or
geometrical figure, into another from without altering its
value.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
transform
v 1: subject to a mathematical transformation
2: change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This
experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed
the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate
one element into another" [syn: transmute, transubstantiate]
3: change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a
monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
[syn: transmute, metamorphose]
4: change from one form or medium into another; "Braque
translated collage into oil" [syn: translate]
5: convert (one form of energy) to another; "transform energy
to light"
6: change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell
by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same
or closely related species
7: increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
WordNet (r) 2.0
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "transform":
acculturate, advance, alter, ameliorate, amend, assimilate to,
become, better, boost, bring forward, bring to, change,
change into, change over, civilize, commute, convert, denature,
do over, edify, educate, elevate, emend, enhance, enlighten,
enrich, fatten, favor, forward, foster, go straight, improve,
improve upon, lard, lift, make, make an improvement, make over,
meliorate, mend, metabolize, metamorphose, modify, mutate,
naturalize, nurture, permute, promote, raise, reconvert, reduce to,
refine upon, reform, render, resolve into, reverse, shift,
socialize, straighten out, switch, switch over, transfer,
transfigure, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose,
transubstantiate, turn back, turn into, upgrade, uplift
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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